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Students' Conceptions of Normalization
Improving the learning and success of students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has become an increased focus of education researchers within the past decade. As part of these efforts, discipline-based education research (DBER) has emerged within …
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Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematical Modeling
… The purpose of this study was to determine the conceptions and misconceptions held by teachers about mathematical models and modeling in order to aid in the development of teacher education and professional development programs. The study used a mixed methods approach. Quantitative data were …
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistants' Conceptions of Teaching
… exploratory study investigated change in the conceptions of teaching held by undergraduate student teaching assistants (UTAs) at a comprehensive Canadian university. Twenty-nine UTAs working in a large (~1,600) mostly online course were surveyed before and after one 13-week semester. Ten UTAs …
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Conceptions of instruction in the workplace
… question, What are the qualitatively different conceptions of instruction held by instructors of adults in the workplace? The research approach of phenomenography was used to discover how instructors of adults interpreted their instructional experiences. The sample studied consisted of …
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Conceptions of intimacy: men in relationships
The purpose of this study was to investigate the conceptions of intimacy held by men in on-going heterosexual relationships. Existing conceptions and theories of intimacy have traditionally focused on behaviors isolated from the context of the person. Furthermore, the principles guiding existing …
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Exploring teaching assistants’ conceptions of teaching
… to understand andarticulate our differing conceptions of teaching. As a processof personal discovery, this can lead us to make our beliefs andactions more congruent, and thus ultimately to improve ourpractice. As a focus for research, it can provide us with asolid foundation from which to …
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Conceptions of Law in Classical Athens
… made decisions, but by focussing on Athenian conceptions of their laws it offers a tool for those who would study Athenian litigation and legislating. These questions are first explored through a study of the responses of the restored democracy to the remnants of the Thirty’s attempts at …
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Primary teachers' conceptions of giftedness amongst schoolchildren
The new National Curriculum for schools in England & Wales stresses the need for 'differentiation' in educational provision to cater for all children by attending to the needs of the individual. Special provision is made for slow learners and the physically handicapped. but despite a growing …
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The nature of dissection: Exploring student conceptions
… plausible, intelligent alternatives to existing conceptions. Emotions have been acknowledged as part of a learner's conceptual ecology, but the effects of emotions on learning have yet to be described. This research was conducted to examine the role that emotions have on learning for thirteen …
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Conceptions of Hearing in German Modernist Writing
This thesis traces the emergence of an ‘aural imaginary’ in German-language writing of the early twentieth century, c. 1899 – 1934. This period of historical and cultural transition ushered in the need to reframe personal, political and artistic identity, to respond to innovations in culture and …
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Case Studies of Children's Conceptions of Mathematics
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Legitimacy, Inequality, and Conceptions of Democratic Crisis
This thesis explores the relationship between legitimacy and inequality in well-established, embedded democracies by considering inequality as a potential cause of legitimacy crises. In the first chapter, the thesis reviews rival accounts of how to conceptualise political legitimacy and of what …
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Influences on conceptions, perceptions and experiences of employability
… of the influencing factors on perceptions and conceptions of employability, and negotiation with key staff. For academics in particular, local adaptation of policies and strategies was seen as crucial to meaningful developments in the agenda and the avoidance of being merely policy-led.
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Conceptions of First-Year Secondary Mathematics Intern Teachers
… enter their classrooms with a network of conceptions about mathematics and how they will go about teaching it. These conceptions are based on a set of beliefs and body of mathematical knowledge. They are robust and deeply ingrained, and they influence how teachers approach the teaching and …
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